Cease-fire talks in Laos advance with ceremony planned
Vientiane radio announced a cease-fire agreement for Laos to be signed in ceremonies on Wednesday at 11 am local time. The terms and start date were not disclosed and supervision details remained unclear amid ongoing troop withdrawal disputes.
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Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane Radio
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Souvanna
Hanoi
United States
Pentagon
Muddy mess surrounds 14 derailed T&P cars in town
Pecos residents awoke to overcast skies with a hint of showers and a high of 67 degrees. The area faced cloudiness and a slight chance of rain through Wednesday, with a warming trend later in the week and widespread drizzle across parts of South Central Texas.
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Pecos
Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
McAllen
Rio Grande
Redo
Cotulla
Eagle Pass
Corpus Christi
Victoria
San Antonio
Pecos River
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Childress
Brownsville
Train Derailment Sparks Fire and Evacuations Near Fort Worth
A derailed freight train near Fort Worth dumped tank cars carrying carbolic acid vinyl chloride and other chemicals prompting a two mile evacuation. Firefighters used deck guns to cool tanks after the 3:20 a.m. crash reported by Patrolman Robert Diaz.
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H. E. Handley
Fort Worth
W. W. Lewis
Santa Fe
Robert Diaz
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Butler Smith
el Paso
J. T. Prewit
Precht
Truck Rolls Over After Collision in City
Alvin C. Estrella 25 of 1104 S Ash St escaped injury when a city pickup he drove was struck by a car and overturned three times on Pinehurst Drive. Emma Elizabeth Ponder 66 of Swartz Creek Michigan failed to stop at a stop sign, striking the pickup near its rear and causing the rollover, according to Patrolman Robert Diaz.
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Alvin C. Estrella
Ash St
Emma Elizabeth Ponder
Swartz Creek
Mich
Pinehurst Drive
Robert Diaz
Diaz
Ponder
Deductions from Reeves County Taxes and Charitable Giving
IRS backed figures show Reeves County families itemizing deductions total about 18 percent of income averaging 2600 dollars. Nationally average charitable deductions run 350 dollars with 970 for local taxes and 410 for medical costs, with variations by income. Proper documentation is required for all deductions.
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Reeves County
Internal Revenue Service
Commerce Clearing House
United States
IRS
Mullin to face four more murder charges in California
Sheriff Douglas James said he will seek four additional first degree murder counts against Herbert Mullin, raising total murders to ten. Four teenage victims were found at a forest campsite in Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, with three from California and one from Pennsylvania. A separate motor vehicle crash injured Jerald Watkins.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Douglas James
Herbert Mullin
Felton
James
Mullin
Dist. Atty
Peter Chang
Henry Cowell
Redwood State Park
California
David Allan Oliker
Sherman Oaks
Robert Michael Spector
Brian Scott Card
van Nuys
Mark Johnson
Pennsylvania
McGowen Wins Reappointment as Pecos River Commissioner
R B Mc Gowen Jr of Pecos received a two year term extension as Pecos River Compact Commissioner from Governor Dolph Briscoe. Mc Gowen, ex district attorney of Ward Reeves and Loving counties, was first appointed in 1967.
Vandals Strike West Drive In Window at Security State Bank
Vandals attempted to break the glass at the west drive in window of Security State Bank during the night. Evidence suggested shots were fired. broken pop bottles and rocks were found nearby. No structural damage, only surface marring. The sheriff's office investigated.
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West Drive-In
Security State Bank
Sheriff’s Office
Returned POWs React To Hijack News And Modern Life
Lt. Paul Galanti of Richmond sits in Portsmouth Naval Hospital reading a list of U S hijackings while recalling seven years in North Vietnam. Friends describe his curiosity about new cars color TV and even Woodstock as he recovers with his wife in Virginia Beach with Capt. James Mulligan another POW observing advances like push button phones.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Travis Air Force Base
California
Hanoi
Joseph Crecca Jr
East Orange
N. J
James W. Bailey
Kosciusko
Miss
North
South Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Portsmouth
Paul Galanti
Richmond
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Woodstock
Yowre
Galanti
New York State
Virginia Beach
North Vietnam
James A. Mulligan Jr
Mulligan
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Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York
Desert Hospital
Nelson
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
Saigon Command
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
International Commission of Control and Supervision
U. S
An Loc
Military Commission
da Nang
la Huynh
Donna Patterson
Joe Moore
T&p
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
mid-Valley
South
International Falls
Minn
Key West
Fla
Wagner High School
Herbert B. Ringsdorf
Elba
Ala
Debbie Henry
Arlington
Cmdr
Joseph C. Plumb Jr
Gary
Ind
Frederick R. Purrington
New Bedford
Mass
Peggy McCracken
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Hwy
Jerald Alva Watkins
Space 38
TraPark
Charles Smith
Watkins
Nadine Peterson Watkins
McGowen
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